Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color)
Mr. Hobby · Aqueous Hobby Color · H324
#8CB0A2 · L*68.9 a*-15.1 b*3.2
The closest match to Mr. Hobby Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Hobby Light Gray is a light, muted green. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Mr. Paint Grigio Azzurro, ΔE 1.6. 24 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
What is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color)?
Mr. Paint Grigio Azzurro is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tamiya Light blue (ΔE 2.9) and AK Interactive Grey-blue 1920s-1930s (ΔE 3.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Medium Grey Blue, ΔE 6.0 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Grigio Azzurro Mr Paint MRP-302 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Light Blue Mr Paint MRP-353 ΔE 3.6 · close
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Tamiya
- B Light blue Acrylics Mini Flat XF-23 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Light blue Aircraft Spray AS-5 ΔE 4.9 · close
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Grey-blue 1920s-1930s Air (3rd Gen) AK11907 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C A-18f Light Grey-blue Air (3rd Gen) AK11912 ΔE 3.9 · close
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Italeri
- C Hellblau RLM 65 Acrylic Paint 4778AP ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Flat Italian Interior Green Acrylic Paint 4855AP ΔE 9.0 · similar
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Key West Colors 21481 ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Leaf Green Colors 20528 ΔE 7.8 · similar
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in FolkArt
- C Adrift Acrylic Colors 6460 ΔE 4.8 · close
- C Minted Aqua Acrylic Colors 4621 ΔE 5.0 · close
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Arteza
- D Pearl Pastel Green Acrylic Pearl Paints A228 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Pearl Sage Green Acrylic Pearl Paints A229 ΔE 7.8 · similar
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in The Army Painter
- D Autumn Sage Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Forest Faun Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.9 · similar
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Revell
- D Light Blue Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Light Green Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.6 · similar
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Mig
- D RLM 76 Pale Grey Acrylics AMIG0063 ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Fs 36495 Light Gray Acrylics AMIG0209 ΔE 6.8 · similar
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Scale75
- D Emerald Alchemy Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Hellbound Flesh Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 6.2 · similar
Light Gray (Aqueous Hobby Color) equivalent in Mission Models
- D Hellblau RLM 65 MMP-057 ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Lichtblau RLM 76 MMP-051 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Light Gray in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallejo | #779D92 | Medium Grey Blue Model Color | ΔE 6.0 |
| Tom Color | #89A08C | Ija Light Green Grey | ΔE 6.1 |
| Reaper | #A7BBB0 | Boggard Green Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 6.4 |
| Foundry | #859B8E | German Early Field Grey Light Paint System | ΔE 6.9 |
| P3 | #99AB90 | Riven Green Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #97C9C0 | Sea Grey World War II Range | ΔE 7.3 |
| Citadel | #7FC1A5 | Gauss Blaster Green Layer | ΔE 7.8 |
| Liquitex | #8AC5C1 | Light Blue Permanent Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.9 |
| Green Stuff World | #61A694 | Storm Surge Green Chameleon Colorshift Metallic | ΔE 8.0 |
| Acrilex | #B3BEAE | Areia Lunar Paints | ΔE 9.6 |
| Monument | #AFBDBA | Vince Venturella White Blue Pro Signature Series | ΔE 10.1 |
| Duncan | #8B9E7B | Contagion Green Wave 3 | ΔE 10.2 |
| Warcolours | #6E9276 | Transparent Green Transparent paints | ΔE 11.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #7BAA78 | Gordian Knot | ΔE 11.4 |
| Golden | #95A17B | Terre Verte Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 11.6 |
| Creature | #B9BCB5 | Bright Neutral Grey Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 13.2 |
| Humbrol | #ADBFC9 | US Ghost Grey Acrylics - Satin | ΔE 14.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 17.7 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby
- C Light Gray Mr Color ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Ija Gray Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Gray Fs16440 Mr Color ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D IJN Gray Green (Nakajima) Acrysion ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D U.N.T'.s MS Gray Gundam Color Spray ΔE 7.2 · similar
- D Gray Fs26440 Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 7.7 · similar
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